An article surveying the back-and-forth. If the ABA's accreditation power were revoked, then, as I understand it, law students would not be able to access federal loans for education at ABA-approved schools. This would be so disruptive for thousands of students that it's hard to imagine the Dept. of Education taking that step. I suppose they are looking for signs that, e.g., the ABA will enforce its own bar passage requirements for accreditation.